Film Production School in San Diego

This isn’t a boring San Diego film school classroom. This isn’t an overcrowded college laboratory. This is life. Real Life. YOUR LIFE.

Who gives you Sea World and Film School in the same city? We do. The folks at Film Connection brought an alternative film school to San Deigo, California. Your Mentor will steer you through a hands-on film-making crash course that will leave you ready, willing, and able to work in the film biz. Film Connection. Alternative. Different. Cool.

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San Diego, California is the 7th largest city in the nation but probably number one or two in terms of weather, beauty, and diverse locations for filming. Film Schools in San Diego pale in comparison to its infamous neighbor Los Angeles, but professional filmmaking in San Diego is just as popular as it is in L.A. Many film and TV production companies make their home in San Diego and so if you are considering a career in filmmaking as a film director, film producer, film editor, or cameraman San Diego is an excellent choice for you.

Many major movies, commercials, TV shows, and documentaries are filmed all over San Diego every single day, making it ideal for those filmmakers who love California but are not interested in living in la-la land Los Angeles.

Some of the well-known movies that have been filmed in San Diego include:
Almost Famous, Traffic, Into the Wild, Babel, Lords of Dogtown, Bruce Almighty, Antown Fisher, The Cell, Pearl Harbor, Bring It On, Apollo 13, Free Willy 2, Wayne’s World 2, and Bugsy to name a few.

Television production in San Diego is huge as well and has been home to such productions as: American Idol, COPS, 24, Entourage, Nip/Tuck, MTV Real World, JAG, and X Files.

Thousands of professional commercials, TV shows, and Feature Films are shot on the streets of San Diego every year. It is also only two hours from Los Angeles, 8 from San Francisco, and a short jaunt to either Arizona or Las, Vegas, Nevada making it ideal for both film students and filmmaking professionals.

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San Diego, California is the seventh-largest city in the nation but probably number one or two in terms of weather, beauty, and diverse locations for filming. Film Schools in San Diego pale in comparison to its infamous neighbor Los Angeles, but professional filmmaking in San Diego is just as popular as it is in L.A.

Many film and TV production companies make their home in San Diego, so it makes sense that there are also a number of San Diego filmmaking schools for you to choose from. But how many put you in the middle of the action on day one? Film Connection places you in a professional production company so you can get hands-on experience from the start.

Of course, you won’t be grabbing a camera or sitting in the director’s chair on day one. But you will learn by doing, building a foundation on how movies, TV shows, commercials, videos, and more are produced. Interested in writing a film script? You’ll have weekly, one on one remote meetings with a professional screenwriter to help you draft a “Killer Script.”

You’ll have one-on-one access with a mentor, a filmmaking professional in San Diego, taking an accelerated learning program that will prepare you for a future in the industry. Not everyone wants to spend four years in school – our programs are six to nine months long. You’ll also save a lot more time with us, too.

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With enrollment fees reaching six figures for many “name” universities, Film Connection tuition remains under $15,000. In many professions, huge student loans are just a fact. We just don’t think becoming a director, editor, cinematographer, or screenwriter should be part of that conversation.

You won’t need to uproot your life and move to L.A., either. With easy access from La Jolla, La Playa, and La Mesa, as well as El Cajon and El Cerrito, you can work one on one with an industry professional on set or on location. In fact, you may not even have to leave your house.

Film Connection feels the best way to learn about the industry is by being placed in a fully immersive environment. Get your hands on the equipment, build relationships, and pick up the little nuances that make a production successful. Of course, now that social distancing is a household phrase, making it into the studio may not always be a possibility.

Film Connection is all about increasing access for our externs, not cutting it off. We’ve been offering remote learning for decades, providing unmatched learning opportunities online. We all found out in 2020 – life can be turned upside down without warning. But that shouldn’t keep you from telling your story. Or maybe that will become your story!

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